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Sugar Loaf Island (California)

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269: 567: 44: 74: 280:, a large protected marine reserve centered on Cape Mendocino fully protected by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. The area is one of the most undeveloped sections of the California coast, and its waters are home to important bird and mammal species. Within the South Cape Mendocino State Marine Reserve, the taking of any living marine resources is prohibited. Sugarloaf Island is covered by the Cape Mendocino, California U.S. Topographic Map quadrant. 189: 261: 27: 81: 51: 647: 608: 632: 123: 627: 214: 277: 395: 601: 43: 73: 642: 452: 425: 386: 594: 356: 391: 287:
which was refined sugar in the form of a rounded cone, the most common way of distributing sugar until the late 19th century.
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While it is sometimes confused with "Sugarloaf Rock," the latter is found in the
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The area provides essential habitat and breeding grounds to the
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and its rocky outcroppings also provide resting places for
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offshore San Francisco, several hundred miles distant.
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Sugar Loaf Island is located in California
Sugar Loaf Island is located in the United States
Humboldt County, California
40°26′20.0″N 124°24′49.7″W / 40.438889°N 124.413806°W / 40.438889; -124.413806
Cape Mendocino
United States
California
Humboldt
California Department of Fish and Wildlife
island
Cape Mendocino
Humboldt County, California


South Cape Mendocino State Marine Reserve
sugarloaf
Steller sea lion
California sea lions
Western gull
double-crested cormorant
Brandt's cormorant
pelagic cormorant
black oystercatcher
pigeon guillemot
tufted puffin
Farallon Islands


"Sugarloaf Island"

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